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The techtonic plates are pulling away from each other. Magma is forced twards the sea floor via convection currents. This results in "hot vents" where an entire ecosystem is based on chemosynthetic bacteria.
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Is a mid-ocean ridge convergent?
No. Mid-ocean ridges mark divergent boundaries.
Where is the new ocean crust formed?
mid-ocean ridge
What is the name of the largest earthquake fault?
mid ocean ridge
What is the role of mid ocean ridge in sea floor spreading?
to make volcanoes
On the ocean floor where is the oldest rock?
The oldest rock in oceanic crust is that which is found the greatest distance from a mid-ocean-ridge.
What motion happens at the Mid-Ocean Ridge?
Slow motion
What is an mid - ocean ridge?
The Mid-Atlantic ridge.
What happens at the mid-atlantic ridge?
Sea floor spreading
The chain of mountains that extends into all of the ocean on Earth is the?
Mid-Ocean Ridge
What is the global mid- ocean ridge?
Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
What is an example of mid-ocean ridge?
The Mid-Atlantic ridge.
What is the name of the mid ocean ridge that runs the length of the Atlantic Ocean?
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
What Is A Good Sentence For Mid Ocean Ridge?
The mid-ocean ridge are mountains that were formed underwater.
Is the mid ocean ridges a steep sided valley at the center of a mid ocean ridge?
yes, the mid ocean ridges are a steep sided valley at the center of a mid ocean ridge
What happens When the mountain range that winds through earth's ocean is called the?
the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
What eventually happens to seafloor that is carried away from the mid ocean ridge?
its deposited somewhere else
What does mid-ocean ridges mean?
what does mid-ocean ridge mean
